June finally was beginning to feel a sense of belonging among Katie, Sunny, and Ming. She was wearing Katie's blue spaghetti strapped shirt, and Ming had combed out her hair, so that it was free and with a little bit of curl. Sunny had convinced Rogue to let them borrow her car so that they could go shopping and even though Katie was seventeen and Sunny was sixteen, Sunny was the only one who was allowed to drive the car, seeing as she was a bit more down to earth. Unfortunately, June couldn't take Eagle with her, so left him in the pen that rogue had left her.
From H&M and Nordstrom's they had bought five new outfits for June, including shoes and accessories, and at the salon, Sunny had gotten her hair highlighted with platinum blonde streaks. When the others saw how much fun she was having, Katie decided cut her hair to her shoulders, Ming got her bangs cut, and June got her hair layered and then streaked her black hair with a deep shade of purple that blended perfectly.
When the girls walked into Coldstone, the ice cream shop, afterwards, they looked like totally different people. Over their cake batter flavored ice cream the girls discussed life in Xavier's.
"It actually is pretty cool, June. You'll love it here" Ming said finishing up the conversation.
"I know what else she would love. Tickets to a Knick's game. Front and center." A voice said from behind June.
She wasn't quite sure who it could've been. She had just gotten here that day, why would someone be asking her out? Besides, "Who are the Knick's? And can't you find a better way to ask me out?" June asked as she turned around, and regretted her harsh words. The voice belonged to a very handsome young man. He had reddish hair, pink lips that were oddly attractive and bright hazel eyes.
"Hey," he held out his hand, "I'm Dean, I take it you're June?" he asked, ignoring her rude remark earlier.
"Uh, yeah."
Sunny, let out a large deliberate sigh, "Dean, stop being a jerk." Sunny turned to June. "Dean goes to ours school, Eric or Kit probably told him about you." Sunny turned back to Dean. "What do you want?"
"I thought I had made it clear that I wanted to ask June here out to a basketball game."
"I've never been to one." June admitted, a bit of interest sparking in her stomach.
Ming grinned. "Then you should go."
"I'm still waiting for an answer." Dean pushed.
But Sunny was still skeptical. "Where'dya get the tickets? They better be legit."
"Only the best for milady in waiting." Dean joked.
June shrugged. "I dunno, I barely know you."
Dean smiled and then closed in on her, pulling on some puppy eyes, and wrapped his arm around the back of her chair. "The game isn't until October, we'll have plenty of time to get to know each other by then."
June looked over to Katie for help, but she was too involved with her ice cream to detect a silent cry for help. "And how do you know that I will like the person I get to know?"
Dean backed up and winked, "Trust me, you will," and then he left the creamery.
"Ignore him, he's a creep." Sunny warned.
"He seemed okay to me."
"That's because he's charismatic. Once you get to know him he can be a pain."
June nodded, and decided not to tell her that she was slightly interested in going. She had never been on a date before. She thought it might be fun, but she could tell that Sunny was hard-headed.
The girls left for Xavier's once again, and by the time they reached their dormitories they were still hyper from the ice-cream that they decided to have a slumber party in June and Katie's room. Sunny and Ming were on the floor between the two beds, and Katie and June were each in their own bed.
"You know what the first thing I think we should do is? Introduce ourselves." Ming suggested.
"We already did that dumb-butt!" Sunny groaned.
"No," Katie interrupted, "she doesn't mean that."
A moment of silence passed through the room and then suddenly Sunny let out a "oh" of realization.
"Me first, since I am her roommate and all." Katie turned to June. "Everybody here, as you probably already know is a mutant… blah blah blah, but what Ororo didn't explain is that us kids have chosen nicknames for ourselves, just like the X-men, we'll explain them to you later too. I'm going to tell you my nickname, and you're gonna guess what I can do, get it?"
June smiled and nodded, anxious to get started. She was very curious about their powers.
"YinYang. Oh, by the way, my power has to do with my brother."
June thought for a while, but couldn't think of anything. June shrugged.
"I have no idea."
"Okay mine's a bit complicated," Katie explained. "I'm telekinetic, and Kit's psychokinetic but we can only use our powers when we merge and become one person."
"Whoa! One person?" June gasped. "Please explain!"
"When we want, we merge into one person, sometimes the person looks like me or sometimes the person looks like him, and then we can use our powers. Xavier has a whole scientific explanation, but I don't like it, it's too long."
"Wow, that's neat."
"Okay! Me next!" Ming ordered. "My name is Sonica."
"Something to do with sound waves? Maybe?" June asked.
Ming nodded. "I can manipulate sound waves with my vocal chords and mind. I can create sonic booms, glass shattering pitches, and I can even make myself float by emitting intense sound waves from my body."
"That's awesome! I guess you never had a problem with karaoke!" June giggled. The other three girls groaned sarcastically.
"That was the absolute worst joke ever!" Sunny cried.
"I try!" June said, still laughing.
Sunny smiled. "Okay, my other name is Spark, but I am not a pyromaniac or something."
"Spark? Okay, ummm, not fire. Electricity?"
Sunny shook her head. "I can make things explode with my mind." Sunny grinned when she saw June's horrified face. "Oh, something Katie neglected to tell you. We, including, Kit, Matt, and Eric have made a mock world. We represent the X-men, except we are the 'Kiss-Me Kate's' and the guys are the 'Wild Billls', which are like the Brotherhood. As if you have to ask, the names were Katies ideas. They're kinda like little clubs, but we have a lot of fun together."
Ming grinned. "This is my favorite part!"
"Now, the only way you can join," Katie began, "Is you have to tell us your power, a potential nickname and then you have to perform a dare using your gift. It usually involves sabotage against the Wild Bills. Got it?"
June's eyes widened, but she nodded anyway. "Well, my power is well I can 'jump' into other people's bodies, kinda like possess them, and then when I 'jump' back out of their body I can pull out some of their energy, in the form of an energy ball that I can hold in my hand and send into other things, like a bullet." June waited for a response, but she got none so she kept on talking. "I guess you guys could call me Jumper?"
The Kiss-Me Kates starred blindly at her until finally Katie spoke up. "The Kiss-Me Kates want a demonstration."
"Umm, okay. Can I do it on Eagle?" June asked, acknowledging her small wolf pup, remembering all the times she had practiced on him to remain in control of her power.
The girls nodded. June gently picked up Eagle, and sat him on her lap facing her. She said a few words of encouragement to her pet, and then took a deep breath.